Detachable shoe-heel.



PATBNTED FEB 11 IL. SEDIVI. DETAGHABLE SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 1906.

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Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed July 11. 1906. Serial Ile- 325.624:-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LADISLAV Snnrvr, a citizen of the'United States of America, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Detachable Shoe-Heels, of which the following is a SPEC) iication.

This invention relates to detachable heels for boots and shoes and has for its object to provide a fastening device by means of which heels of different shape and size may be readily secured to and detached from the sole of a shoe.

, In carrying out this invention the sole of the shoe is providedv with means, whereby different kinds of heels, which are prepared beforehand with the necessary attachment for securing it to the fastening of the sole, may be substituted, and whereby customers may readily have the old heels removed at the shop and new heels or other shaped heels readily applied. thereto.

Referring. to the accompanying drawings in which similar figures of reference refer to like parts-Figure 1 is a side view in elevation, partly in vertical section of the heel portion of the shoe showing a heel secured in place with the invention applied. thereto. Fig. 2 is afront end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the underside of the sole of the boot or shoe showing the device for fastening the heel thereto. Fig. A} is a plan view of the top of the heel showing the device for fastening the heel to the fastening on the sole. Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective showing a modiiication of the heel fastening adapted for -rub her heels; Fig. 6 is a side view partly in section thereof.

in carrying out this invention the heel portion 1 of a boot or shoe is provided with an oblong. plate 2 secured by screws 3 in the heel portion 1 and formed with a notched portion 4 at one end and having its side and. rear edge formed with an inclined flange i, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. 'lhe heel 6 has its upper central portion cut out, as shown at 7, and in said cut out portion is located a U-shaped metallic plate 8 having an inner beveled ed go 9 forming a flange with which the plate 2 engages when the heel is attached.

The plate 8 is set into a U-shaped groove 10 in the top of the heel and is further secured thereto by screws 11 passing through the rear end of the plate 8, and extending lengtljiwise the heel between the sides of the plate 8 is a metallic strip 12 which is nor-- mally sprung upward, as shown in Fig. 5, and is formed at its forward end withan upturned inwardly projecting hook 13, madeby bending a'portion of the spring back upon itself.

To secure the heel in place the heel is pushed on from the rear, the heel of the shoe over the plate 2, the edges 5 of the plate 2 enging the flanges 90f the plate 8, and. when the heel is fully pushed into place the spring strip 12 having been pushed down against the heel, it engages the plate 2 by its hooked end 13 snapping into engagement with the edge of the recess 4- of the'plate 2.

it-will be clearly seen, that by bending the end portion of the spring back upon itself a strong and compact means is acquired, to retain the heel upon the shoe, and any strain tendingto disengage the heel, is taken up by the spring, also obviating. the cutting of the shoe to accommodate the spring end.

in the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6, which is adapted forrubbcr heels, the several parts of the heel fastener are similar to those described, except that in addition thereto a circular plate 14 is mounted on the U-shaped plate 8 by means of uprights or pins 15 which permit the circular plate 14 to be embedded in the rubber heel. The rubber heel then may be attached to the heel of the boot or shoe just as in the manner hereinhcfore described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed new, is

The combination with a shoe having a platc of even tliickness secured to the heel portion thereof, said plate being formed with a notch in its forward edge, of a heel provided with a U-shaped plate adapted to engage the shoe plate, the contacting edges of said plate provide an interlocking juncture, and a plate. I 10 spring clip secured to the rear portion of the In testimony whereof, I affix my signature U-slnlpml plate mnl having its free end bent i in presence of two Witnesses. ln'uk upon ilsell' to form a shoulder to engage l LADISLAV SEDIVI.

being formed on complen'rentary inclines to Within the confines of the notch in the. heel the ll( l,('ll in the heel plate, said clip terrninat- Witnesses: ing on :1. line with the forward edge of the F. H. BRAUNE, heel, and ils slmuhlerml end adapted to be P. D. STROUD. 

